At least two persons were killed and 15 injured, five of them seriously, when a passenger bus overturned near Choudwar here on Monday evening, the police said.
Elsewhere in the State, at least five persons died and several were injured in three separate road accidents due to poor visibility in the morning.
The accidents were reported from Kendrapara, Jagatsinghpur and Nayagarh districts. In Kendrapara, four persons died and five sustained critical injuries when an SUV rammed a stationary lorry near Katia on Cuttack-Chandbali road.
In Jagatsinghpur, one person died and two were injured when their motorcycle hit a tree by the roadside.
Giving details of the Choudwar mishap, Cuttack City Additional DCP Trinath Mishra said the bus on its way to Angul met with an accident at 5 p.m. He said the bus overturned after its right-side wheels went over a mound of sand by the roadside.
“The driver was apparently trying to overtake another vehicle and swerved to the extreme right and ran over the mound,” Mr. Mishra said. Two persons died on the spot due to severe head injuries. The bus driver managed to flee, he added.
